FORTY FORT, Pa. — A man accused of trying to cast a ballot in the name of his dead mother in last year's presidential election was in court Thursday.
Prosecutors in Luzerne County withdrew the most serious charges against Robert Lynn of Forty Fort.
A lesser charge of violations relating to absentee/mail-in ballots was forwarded to county court. Lynn's attorney and prosecutors are trying to work out a plea deal.
Last year, detectives say Lynn used a typewriter to fill out an absentee ballot application in his mother's name.
The woman died in 2015.
Officials in Luzerne County say Lynn, a registered Republican, is the first person they've arrested for voter fraud in about 30 years.